Hypernyms for "wildcat"
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caffer cat
catamount
catamountain
cougar
European wildcat
eyra
Felis bengalensis
Felis chaus
Felis concolor
Felis manul
Felis ocreata
Felis pardalis
Felis serval
Felis silvestris
Felis tigrina
Felis wiedi
Felis yagouaroundi
jaguarondi
jaguarundi
jaguarundi cat
jungle cat
kaffir cat
leopard cat
lynx
manul
margay
margay cat
mountain lion
ocelot
painter
Pallas''s cat
panther
panther cat
puma
sand cat
serval
tiger cat
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.